Continuing on with the British mystery trend, I would like to talk about Sarah Pinborough’s Behind Her Eyes.
Let me just start by saying you that will never guess how this book ends. Try as you might, this book is going to throw you for a serious loop. I finished this book on my lunch break one day and came back in the store and yelled “WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME?!!!” There is even a hashtag for this book, #WTFtheending. Don’t let this make you think that the ending was not good; it just shocked the hell out of me.
So onto the story: Louise, a single mom and a secretary, lives in London. Louise divorced her husband several years ago after he had an affair. Her days are taken up with work and her son. 
On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and they kiss. She is totally giddy about it because she feels there is a real connection and this has not happened to her in years. The next time she is at work, she meets her new boss who is incredibly handsome–and just happens to be the man from the bar. He also happens to be VERY married. Not only that but his wife is INCREDIBLY gorgeous. The new boss, David, and Louise talk about what happened and move forward. No big deal, right?
Then one day, Louise is walking back from dropping her son off at school and plows into a woman and knocks her down. It is Adele, David’s wife. Well, for whatever reason, Louise does not say she works for her husband. They grab a coffee and have a great time talking. They exchange numbers and start to become very chummy. While Adele and Louise’s friendship grows, David cannot seem to keep his eyes off of Louise. Well, of course this escalates and Louise is suddenly in secret relationships with both husband and wife. The more Louise gets drawn into Adele and David’s life, you become aware that something is very strange about this couple. They seem to be so perfect, but obviously something is rotten in Denmark. David cheats on his gorgeous wife, making the David that Adele describes in no way line up with the David Louise has come to know. So, who is lying?
This book had me guessing until the very end. If you love psychological thrillers, then you need to stop what you are doing and read this.
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